misdiagnose
verb
mis·di·ag·nose
ˌmis-ˈdī-ig-ˌnōs 
-ˌnōz,
ˌdī-ig-ˈnōs,
-ˈnōz,
-əg-
misdiagnosed; misdiagnosing
: to diagnose (someone or something) incorrectly
… babesiosis is often missed or misdiagnosed as malaria or flu.—
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People are especially likely to misdiagnose conflict.
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His condition was misdiagnosed at first.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Symptoms of this condition are shared with a host of other diseases, so ATTR-CM may go misdiagnosed or unnoticed altogether.
—Rachael Zimlich, Verywell Health, 25 Nov. 2025
Representatives for Williams announced last year that she had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023, although the former Wendy Williams Show host has publicly shared her belief that she was misdiagnosed.
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Angela Haupt, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
His condition was misdiagnosed at first.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Symptoms of this condition are shared with a host of other diseases, so ATTR-CM may go misdiagnosed or unnoticed altogether.
—Rachael Zimlich, Verywell Health, 25 Nov. 2025
Representatives for Williams announced last year that she had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023, although the former Wendy Williams Show host has publicly shared her belief that she was misdiagnosed.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2025
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misdiagnose
transitive verb
mis·di·ag·nose
(ˈ)mis-ˈdī-ig-ˌnōs, -ˌnōz
misdiagnosed; misdiagnosing
: to diagnose incorrectly
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